Volume 33, Numbf!.r 19
Marist· to.
honor
-Brinkley
by Jonna Spilbor
Marist College will present the
1987 Lowell Thomas' Award to
David Brinkley, a 40-year veteran
of broadcast journalism, on April
23 at the Helmsley Palace in New
York City.
Also during that ceremony, col-
lege officials will present to Regina
Clarkin, a 1979 graduate of Marist,
the 1987 Internship Award, which
honors intern graduates who have
established themselves in the news
field.
This will be the fifth annual
award ceremony honoring profes-
sionals in broadcast journalism
who have shown outstanding
achievements.
Brinkley, currently the host of
ABC's "This week with David
Brinkley,"
has covered every
presidential
election
and
nominating convention since 1952
and served
as
anchor and commen-
tator for "World News Tonight."
As a former White House cor-
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respondent and political reporter,
Brinkley covered many national
news events
including
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Brinkley began his journalism
career working at his hometown
newspaper, The Wilmington Mor-
ning Star, during high school. In
1956, he teamed with the late Chet
Huntley to anchor NBC's "The
Huntley-Brinkley Report."
"He is one of the two or three
gigantic figures in broadcast
history,'' said ABC News President
Roone Arledge.
Past recipients of the Lowell
Thomas Award were Eric Sevareid,
Walter Cronkite, Howard K. Smith
and Douglas Edwards;
Clarkin, new owner and founder
of
the Peekskill
Herald, was
previously a reporter for the
Peekskill Evening Star, editor of
the Catholic Near-East Magazine
and news room coordinator for
CBS newsradio.
As
a
Marlst stu-
dent, she served as editor of The
Circle.
Clarkin has received numerous
awards for her work in journalism,
including the JFK Citizenship
Award, first and third places in the
news story category by the N. Y.
Press Association for her work on
the Peekskill Herald.
Previous recipients'of the Intern-
ship Award include Gigi Burflis,
director of editorials at WCBS
newsradio in New York City and
Alison McCarthy, a public rela-
tions representative for the Fox
Broadcasting Corp., also in New
York City.
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Mar/st College, Poughkeepsie,· N. Y.
April 16, 1987
Senior Week off;
River Day held
David Brinkley, of ABC News,
will be
the recipient of
the
fifth annual
Lowell
Thomas Award
on April 23
in
New York
City..
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by Bill DeGennaro
Approximately
250 Marist
students amassed on the Gartland
Commons athletic field last Friday
to celebrate River Day, ignoring the
college's disapproval of the unsanc-
tioned event. and prompting its
decision to cancel Senior Week.
River Day, its date and location
traditionally decided clandestinely
by senior class members, began at
6:30 a.m with about 50 students
and 18 kegs of beer, and was even-
tually
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secured and restricted by
Security to a mud
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brawling, beer- .
drinking celebration at 2:00 p.m.,
according to Joe Waters, director
of safety and security.
According to Theresa Ruotolo,
senior class president, Senior
Week, scheduled for May 17-22,
has been canceled as a result of
River Day. On the evening of River
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localcable network • response to the'
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scheduled io vote."today on the in Dutchess~ Ulster and surroun-
fourth of the senior class is
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ding counties, according; to the
unjustified.
Marist President Dennis Murray memo.
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Students-ignored a memo issued
River Pay Eve by Waters and
Amato which forbid students to
gather near or around the river un-
til further notice. Students not
complying with the college's war-
ning could be arrested for trespass-
ing, the memo said.
Waters
and
Town
of
Poughkeepsie Police agreed this
year's River Day, held in the nor-
theast corner of the fenced-in
athletic field, was the safest in
memory.
"I
think the student River Day
committee· and the students show-
ed good judgment by holding the
day there and not near the river,"
Waters said. "In the 10 years I've
been here, that was the safest River
Day that ever went down."
Security used 11 guards to con-
fine the partying to the athletic field
and restrict additional students
from entering the area, Waters
said.
Town of Poughkeepsie Police,
summoned to assess the situation
and enforce the alcohol beverage
consumption law, initiated a·
roadblock at the Gartland Com-
mons Apartment's parking lot
entrance.
_Thirteen
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kegs of beer and
various cases of beer' were··con°
fiscated from students unable to
provide police with proof of legal
drinking age, according to Chief of
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will consider all the recommenda-
The memo alluded to the· na-
tions he has received from
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his tional dedine in the number of
Cabinet, the
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faculty and the students enrolled in nursing pro-
Academic
Affairs Committee, and grams across the couritry since
make his recommendation to the 1983.
•Dispute
lingers, but
Board of Trustees, who wiUmake
"National trends show a decline
the final· decision on May 2.
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in nursing student,
_applications,
a
At a colloquium last Thursday, decline in yield arid a. decline in in-
McCann to add exits
faculty members reviewed data on terest in the profession among
high
by Bill DeGennaro
address other fire safety violations
in the town, according to District
Deputy
Chief
Richard
L.
Dormeyer.
current enrollment figures and the school students,". the m~!Jlo said.
process of recruiting students for
Currently, the nursing program
the nursing program.
has 28 full-time students and 18
Two days lief ore the colloquium, part~time students. When the pro-
student nurses met with Murray gram was first formed five years
and were told the administration ago, Marist officials had projected
was going to work harder
on
ac- an enrollment of 100 students.
quiring acceptable
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terms for
The Standard Achievement Test
transfering, should itbe necessary, scores of prospective
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nursing
according to Pat Deschamps, presi-
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students were·
.
also· below the
dent of the student
nurses average of the general applicant
,association.
pool, according to a report sent to
Student nurses say the ad-
vanderH~yden by the admissions
ministration has not given the pro;. office.
gram a fair chance to survive by
The average SAT score of an in-
notactively recruiting students for coming freshman last fall was 990,
the nursing program.
while the average score of incom-
However, in a inemo to the
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ing nursing students was 826, the
faculty last· week, Dr. Marc report showed. This report was
vanderHeyden, vice president for confirmed by College Board
academic affairs,
outlined a officials.
recruiting procedure which said
Contingency plans have been
Marist had sent 1,569 letters to pro- made to allQ..w
students registered
spective nursing students. The in the Manst nursing program to
memo also noted Marist's use of a transfer to Mount Saint Mary's
60-second television commercial, College.
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An architect hired by Marist to
study the issue of fire safety at the
McCann Center says construction
of six exits is necessary to comply
with fire safety standards.
Stuart Cohen, who recently
reviewed the original building plans
for Mccann and calculated the
square footage and number of ex-
its, said the additional exits must
be built to coindde with the recent
ruling of the town's building in-
spector allowing 4,270 people to
occupy the building.
Building Inspector Arthur J.
LaPan, whose ruling came hours
before more than 4,000 people fill-
ed Mccann last month for the
ECAC Metro Conference Touma-
. ment and a day after the town's fire
inspector recommended an oc-
cupancy of
1,800,
was criticized by
the fire inspector and the Fairview
Fire Department for overcrowding
the
·
building and creating a fire
Dormey~r and Fire Inspector
Don Murphy said· the official
public assembly certificate, which
indicates the maximum number of
people allowed to occupy the
building, had not been posted by
LaPan in the Mccann Center prior
to the ECAC tournament since its
opening April 3, 1977.
"It
just goes to show what I had
said," Dormeyer said earlier this
week.
"The building inspector had
no right to post the occupancy per-
mit. It's a crime he goes around
and does
this
all the time."
WMCR soon, to get tra_nsmitter
hazard.
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"The college is glad it was
pointed out," Cohen said, "and
we're going to rectify the situation
immediately."
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LaPan said yesterday that at the
time of his ruling, Murphy, who
classified Mccann as a gym-
nasium, did not figure the correct
square footage. LaPan, who
classified the building as an
auditorium, said he told President
Dennis Murray that the overhead
doors in the rear of McCann
should be used as additional fire
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by Bob Davis
Campus radio station
WMCR
will soon
be
getting the necessary
equipment to broadcast over the air
by the start of next semester, accor-
ding to Derek Simon, general
manager of the station.
The Council of Student Leaders
is
expected
to provide the necessary
funds to purchase an FM exciter,
which is a low wattage transmitter,
upon receiving the unused funds of
other clubs and organizations on
campus from the college activities
office, said Simon.
Currently,
WMCR,
also known
as "New Rock 92," broadcasts
over the campus cable network.
"Its just a matter of affording a
piece of equipment that will last
more than a few years," said
Simon.
The FM exciter would cost ap-
proximately
$4,500
and have a
broadcasting range of two to three
miles, which is not powerful
enough to require the station to get
a license from the Federal Com-
munications Commission.
"A transmitter will allow the
campus easier access to the radio
station than is now available with
cable," said Simon. Simon said he
expects a large increase in the
number of listeners of WMCR
after the exciter is purchased and
operating. Also, listener sugges-
tions and opinions will play a big-
ger role in terms of programming,
he said.
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The six new doors will consist of
three double doors on the opposite
short walls in Mccann, Cohen
said.
Vice President for Administra-
tion and Finance Edward Waters
said the doors will be built in time
for the May 23 Commencement.
Earlier this month, Fairview ask-
ed the New York state Division of
Codes Enforcement, Albany, to
review LaPan's decision on the
McCann Center and his failure to
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Pi!ge 2 - THE CIRCLE - April 16, 1987
Potpourri
Editor's note:
Submissions for "Potpourri" may be sent to Julia Murray, c/o The Circle,
Box 859, or call 473-0161 after 5 p.m..
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21 Society·
DEADLINES
illness ·and anguish. The film will be shown
April 23 and 24 in D245 at 7:30 p.m. There
is no charge. The second foreign film of next
Dorm
closings
week is, "Erendira," which depicts a tennage
Reminder to all resident ,students: dor-
girl sexually exploited by her avaricious
mitories will close at 6 p.m. tonight for
grandmother, until she is rescued by her
Easter recess. You must be out of your room
Prince Charming. This film will be shown
before that time, unless you have obtained
on April 25 and 26 in D245 at 7:30 p.m.
special permission from the Housing Office. Again, there is no admission.
. The 21 Society will hold a social on April
24 in the New Dining Room, for students 21
years of age and older. There will be a $1
admission charge. The social begins at 9:30
cert, sponsored by the Marist Singers, will
begin at·2 p.m.
Hamilton Fish
. Congressman Hamilton Fish will present
a lecture in the Fireside Lounge at 4 p.m. on
April 26. The topic of the lecture will be the
Watergate scandal.
Residence halls will reopen at noon on Mon-
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Festival
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day. Have a mce rea •
, • ·•5Festival '87: New Short Plays by
Graduate exams
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Students," will take place in the Theater
As a test center for ETS (Educational April 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. Following the se-
Testing Service), Marist has scheduled cond performance, there will be a reception
several examinations for graduate school ad-
in the Fireside Lounge at 10 p.m. Both the
mission in the coming months. The GMA T
plays and the reception are being sponsored .
(Graduate Management Admissions Test) is by the "Theater Workshop
nu
class.
s~heduled for ~une 20; 8:fld the
N'!~
(Na-
Social
tional Teachers Exam) w1!l be ad~m1stered
The English department is sponsoring a
Ju~e 2~. For fu~her mformation and
social on April 23 in the Fireside Lounge.
reg1strat10n matenal~, call the l?ersonal The winner of the "Michael O'Callaghan
Development Center m Byrne at ext. 152.
Memorial Award"
will
be announced at that
p.m.
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Magician·
The Acitivities Office is sponsoring a
magic show on April 24 hi the River Room.
People will begin disappearing at 10 p.m.,
so don't be late or you won't know who's
missing.
Regatta
The President's Cup Regatta will be held
on April 25, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Go down
to the waterfront to check it out, it's usual-
ly a great way to spend the afte~oon.
Car wash
Student League will be sponsoring a car
wash in the Townhouse parking lot on April
25 from 1 p.m. to
4
p.m. The cost is only
$2.50, so be kind to your car and give it a
Marist Live
Marist's own talk show takes another bow·
on April 26 at 8:15 p.m. Hosted by Joe Bello.
and Karen Chatterton, the show has been
getting rave reviews. It will be held in D243
and there is no admission.
OFF-CAMPUS
Regis Philbin
Resume writing workshop
time. The winner, who will be chosen from
The Office of Career Development is the works published in this year's "Mosaic,"
sponsoring a workshop ~n April 27, titled will receive a $100 savings bond and a copy·
"Resume Writing/Interviewing."
The of the "1987 Writer's Market." The recep-
workshop will be held in the Byrne Residence tion begins at 4:30 p.m. and is open to the
. bath.
Regis Philbin, host of "The Morning
Show," will stage a one-man performance
of comedy and music on April 26 at the
Ulster Performing Arts Center
(UPAC).
In
addition;Philip Wellford, the comedic star
of "Festival on· Ice," will give a separate
guest appearance that day. The Philbin per-
formance starts at 3 p.m. Reserved tickets
are available at the UP AC box office for $14.
Ring Ceremony
The annual Junior Class Ring Ceremony
Lounge from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
public.
. will be held on Apri_l
25, at ~:30 p.m. in the
Chapel. The event will be followed by a
reception in the Fireside and Gallery Lounges
at 8 p.m. and a dinner dance, sponsored by
the Activities Office, at 9 p.m. in the Din-
ing Room.
ENTERTAINMENT
Foreign
films
There will be no foreign film this week
because of the Easter break. Next Thursday,
the foreign film will be "Le Journal d'un
Cure de Campagne," a drama of solitude,
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Comedians
The latest act in the "Catch a Rising Star"
series is comedians Garan & Wilson. If you
·could use a few good laughs, catch their act
in the River Room on April 23 at 9:30 p.m.
.There is a $1 admission charge. The event
is sponsored by the Activities Office.
Waters said Security did not try
to physically seize kegs from
students already drinking on the
field after one Security guard was
knocked to the ground by vigilant
students. The guard was not in-
jured, according to Waters.
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Doors
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exits.
"At the time I gave them the
figures, they were to use the big
overhead doors in the back,"
LaPan said. ''With those doors, it
would have been sufficient. He
(Murphy) did not figure that in his
calculation."
LaPan said Marist did not hire
Cohen after receiving complaints
from Dormeyer and Murphy, but
to study the idea of constructing
two additional fire exits as an alter-
native to the overhead doors.
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Reporter:· No· one is above law
by
Raeann Favata
• Journalist Helen Thomas, who
has been a White House reporter
for· 25 years, discussed the
reporter's role and objectivity in
cove~ing the presidency before ap-
proximately 300 people in the
Theater last week.
. Thomas, whose prepared speech
was followed by questions is a
reporter for United Press Interna-
tional who has covered every presi-
dent from Kennedy to Reagan.
According to Thomas, the press
has become more skeptical in its
coverage of Washington and the
presidency since the Watergate
scandal in 1972.
"The main objection is to pur-
sue the truth wherever it leads,"
she said. "The goal is to comfort
the afflicted and inflict the
comfortable."
Thomas said today's press has
altered the public's perspective on
government officials by exposing
their private lives.
"Washington is compared to a
theater and maybe they're not too
wrong," said.Thomas. "Anybody
who runs for office should know
that their life will become an open
book. Maybe that's not good, but
that's the way it.is.''
Before the current Iran/Contra
affair, for which the Reagan ad-
ministration is accused of selling
military arms illegally to Iran for
the release of American hostages,
Reagan profited from this trend.
His credibility has since suffered as
a result of the arms scandal,
Thomas said.
"In a scandal,"
she said,
"credibility is the first casuality.
But scandals are a safeguard
against power. They show that no
one -
not even a president -
is
above the law."
According to Thomas, Reagan is
friendlier and more receptive to the
press now than during the beginn-
ing of the scandal. "He thinks he
is out of the woods," said Thomas.
"But he has miles to go before he
sleeps.''
Thomas said the press continues
to be objective in its coverage of the
presidency and treats Reagan with
respect
during
the
press
conferences.
"We're respectful -we say 'Mr.
President.' We don't bow or
scrape, but no one should have to
do that," she said;
Thomas said Reagan violated the
public's trust and does not deserve
sympathy over the Iran/Contra
• affair.
"When
governments
are
lawbreakers, it shows contempt for
the
law,"
said
Thomas.
"Newspapers are a form of shared
pain; they let people know the
facts.''
As far as the public is concern-
ed, every individual has to decide
for himself whether the informa-
tion he receives is trivial or signifi-
cant, said Thomas.
"You can't think for other peo-
ple," said Thomas. "Just give
them the facts and let them make
their own decisions. I believe that
people can handle the truth."
Apr/I 9, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 3
Helen Thomas, White House bureau chief for United Press
International, speaking at Marist last week on the press and
the presidency. (Photo
by
Matthew Croke)
Marist weighs legal, moral issues in Baby M case
by Maureen McGuinness
the ruling in the Baby M case is a legal and moral issue
more than a scientific one.
case may also have some long-term psychological impact
on the Sterns. The Sterns may try to be "super parents"
because of the attention that may be called to their
mistakes, he said.
The decision of a New Jersey judge to award custody
of Baby M to her biological father has brought surrogate
motherhood to the center of legal, moral and religious
debates throughout the country.
At Marist last week, The Circle asked a number of
Marist faculty and students for their opinions on the case. •
Caroline Rider, a business law professor, explained that
the case has two parts: custody and the contract. Accor-
ding to Rider, the judge could have made his decision
solely on custody and not even commented on the con-
tract aspect of the case.
A~cording t~ Eugene Best, a professor of religious
studies, the Vatican has called for wide-spread discussion
taking into consideration the long-term consequences. In
a recent document, the Vatican rejected methods of con-
ceiving a child that bypassed normal intercourse. The
Vatican argued that just because the technology works
that doesn't make it moral.
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Some students wondered about the future of Baby M
- now Melissa Stern - and why Marybeth Whitehead,
her surrogate mother, may have contracted to have her
in the first place.
.
"Even if it didn't come down to a case, there would
be problems in the future," Paul Mead, 19, of Hun-
tington,
N.Y.,
said. "When the baby grows up she'll
know she was bought.''
"The Vatican thinks this is another form of slavery,"
Best said. "Poor women may start selling their bodies
as baby machines."
"In my mind it is a pre-arranged private adoption,"
she said. Adoption contracts are the most binding con-
tracts dealing with children, and these are regulated by
the individual state, she said. •
Peg Birmingham, an instructor of philosophy, said sur-
rogate motherhood may be the same as selling body parts
for money. "Are we going to see a class of women who
are good-looking, with portfolios of babies they have
bred?"
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Birmingham also pointed out a contradiction in this
case. "On the one hand we have a contract that says the
biological tie between mother and the baby is not impor-
tant," Birmingham said. "Then Bill Stern, the father,
says the biological tie between the baby and him is im-
portant."
Roxann Phaneuf, 20, of Coventry, R.I., said:
"If
Marybeth Whitehead understood the severity of the con-
tract, then the ruling was right. I feel bad for the baby.
When she's older, her friend's parents will say 'Oh, so
you're Baby M'. ".
Other students said they thought the decision was right
based on the contract issue of this case.
Rider said that the state won't allow contracts to
damage the be!>t.interest of a child.
The debate over surrogate parenting has led to pro-
posals of surrogate motherhood legislation in many states,
and the Roman Catholic Church has also called for legal
action.
•
"I
don't think there should have been a case," Lisa
Burgbacher,
19,
of Syosset,
N .Y.,
said. "She signed a
contract and
she
never
should
have violated it."
Carol-Ann Catucci,
20,
of East Northport, N.
Y.,
said:
Dr. Richard La~ietra, a professor of chemistry, said
Edward O'Keefe, a professor of psychology, said this
"She took the responsibility. It's a hard thing to do. If
you're not ready, then don't do it."
New adult student leader
hopes to revive group
by Allison Hughes
The newly elected Adult Student
Union president, Dave White, says
he has high hopes for next year.
His goals include involving the
Union more with undergraduate
students and increasing the number
of social activities, he said.
"l
hope
to
be able to get the
Adult Student Union more incor-
porated into the realm of the rest
of. the Marist Campus," said
White. "The ASU would like to
host different types of activities
that would involve the Union
members, the undergraduate
Marist students, and our families
as well."
White also· mentioned trying to
acquire an adult student lounge,
holding the annual adult student
dinner, doing some heavy soliciting
for more mem~rs and locating one
particular
spot
for general
meetings.
White's job as the new president
of the Adult Student Union is to
addres~ concerns raised by
members and plan programs of
social activities.
"There are 701 adult education
students attending Marist. About
55
percent are women and 45 per-
• cent are men," said Eleanor Char-
wat, assistant dean of the School
of Adult Education.
The Adult Student Union was
founded in 1980 by a group of
adult students
as the non-
traditional student organization.
The organization was officially
changed in 1984 to the Adult Stu-
dent Union and is recognized as the
official campus organization of the
adult students.
•
However, Carmen Lyon, coun-
cil of student leaders representative
and secretary of the Adult Student
Continued on page _4
Blood drive is April 23
by Kathy
Korsen
Students
thinking
about
donating blood at Marist's next
blood drive on April 23 should not
be concerned about contracting
AIDS, according to Annette
McNamara of Hudson Valley
Blood Services.
"Through the media we are con-
stantly bombarded with the Ac-
quired Immune Deficiency Syn-
drome," she said. "There is so
much information that we cannot
take it all in -
so we are just
scared. We do not know what to
believe."
McNamara
said a sudden
decrease in the number of blood
donars may be a result of-the re-
cent
AIDS
scare.
Some perspective
donars are scared of contracting
the disease through dirty needles,
she said.
"People think of how in-
travenous drug users share needles
and sometimes contract AIDS, and
• in turn they conclude that all •.
needles cause AIDS," McNamara
said.
McNamara said every needle us-
ed in the donating process is sterile.
"We are not doing this to scare
people, we are doing this to help
people. The one pint of blood a
person donates can help five dif-
ferent people," she said.
Anne O'Connor, a registered
nurse at Westchester Medical
Center, said it is virtually impossi-
ble to contract AIDS through
donating
blood.
Prof fashions new life
by
Diane Pasquaretta
When the costume Julie An-
drews wore for the movie "Star"
shrunk, Carmine Porcelli was on
the set and made some fast altera-
tions so that filming could
continue.
"I
had to slit the dress down the
back and use another piece of
material to pin it together," said
Porcelli, a full-time professor of
fashion design at Marist since last
fall. "The scene then had to be
reworked so that the back of her
dress did not show."
It was 1968, a time when Porcelli
spent his days rubbing elbows and
designing for many famous per-
sonalities. He has also designed for
and sold costumes to Marlo
Thomas, Polly Bergen and First
Lady Betty Ford (with whom he
appears in a small, silver-framed
photograph which is propped on
his desk).
In 1985, Porcelli traded in that
life in the limelight to teach others
what he learned during his 30 years
in the forefront of the fashion
industry ..
Porcelli's career on Manhattan's
seventh avenue, the heart of
America's fashion industry, began
in the 1950's when, as a senior
design major at Parson's School of
Design in Manhattan, he was spot-
ted by designer Donald Brooks.
After three years as Brook's
assistant, Porcelli took a position
with Oscar de laRenta as a designer
and merchandiser of sportswear
and remained there for 17 years.
Most recently, he formed Albert
Capraro, Ltd., a design house,
where he seved as manager and
creative director.
In May 1985, because of the
great amount of time and energy
demanded at Alb_ert Capraro,
Porcelli took a sabbatical.
In November 1985, after six
months of rest, Porcelli wondered
what to do next. He found his
answer in a help wanted ad that
sought a fashion instructor at
Marist.
Though Porcelli had never
before taught, he contacted Marist
and was hired as an adjunct pro-
fessor for the spring semester.
He acquired full-time status in
September 1986 and plans to make
this career move permanent. "I
love what I'm doing," he said.
Porcelli's experience and many
acquaintances in the fashion world
have contributed to the changes of
Marist's fashion design program.
The annual fashion show to be
held May 1 and 2, in which
students display their own designs,
will have an added dimension this
year.
.
For the first time, Marist
students will parade their fashions
before renowned designers Bill
Blass, Richard Assatly of Anne
Klein and Willie Smith of Willie
Wear, all acquaintances
of
Porcelli.
"I'm having students look at,
recognize and respect their own .
talent and I'm giving them com-
petitiveness and self-esteem," says
Porcelli.
course, a requirement for fashion
design/retail majors, requires each
student to design and produce four
complete outfits. According to his
students,
no garment
gains
Porcelli's acceptance until it is
finished to perfection.
"Up until this point, we've never
had anybody who's really cracked
the whip," said Gina Coniglio, a
senior fashion design major from
Paramus, N.J. "Its the hardest
work I've ever enjoyed because he's
made us realize that if you really
Carmine Porcelli
Students in Porcelli's classes try, anyone can do it."
agree he is not an easy teacher.
In addition to the advice and in-
"He once told the class that he struction Porcelli imparts upon his
didn't care if we liked him or not,"
students, he shares one other piece •
said Arlene Glynn, a senior fashion • of information which, if proven
design major from Staten Island, true, ensures that with a bit of
N.Y. "He said it wouldn't be easy, talent and a lot ofluck, anyone
can
and he was right, but we'll never indeed do it.
forget him because we've learned
"Sucess is 100/o talent and 900/o
so much.''
being at the right place at the right
Porcelli's fashion design IV time," he said.









































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·4
- THE CIRCLE - April 16, 1987
White---
Continued from page 3
Union
said
there have been less
than 10 people attending the
meetings.
.
White believes this is due to the
lack of space. Their meetings have
b~n held every Wednesday and
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Marist
•
East Coffee shop.
White is a junior at Marist ma-
joring in communication arts and
earning his paralegal certificate ..
He is employed by the New York
state Department of Corrections
and also works two Saturdays a
month as a disc jockey for his own
•
company, Dr. DEW.
.
"DEW stands for my initials,
David E. White," he said.
Fish to speak
on Watergate
Congressman Hamilton Fish,
Jr., (R-Millbrook), will speak at
Marist on Sunday April 26.
He will be speaking from 4 to
5:30
p.m. in the Fireside Lounge
about his role in the Watergate af-
fair. Fish will reflect on his par-
ticipation in Watergate, then
answer questions
from
the
audience.
Fish, who has served in Congress
since 1968, was
a
member of the
House of Representative's Com-
mittee on the Judiciary whiclf
recommended the impeachment of
President Nixon.
·In
the 1968 republican primary.
Fish defeated G. Gordon
Liddy -
one of the seven men arrested for
his involvement in the break-in at
the Democratic National Commit-
tee headquarters in
1972. •
His appearance is in conjunction
with the Watergate class being
taught this semester by David
McCraw and Dr. Vincent Toscano.
Rings, regiitta
top schedule
by Andrea Kines
Ask the junior class at Marist
what Parents' Weekend means to
them and the overwhelming answer
will be getting their rings. Ask
anyone else at Marist what Parents'
Weekend means to them and
they're likely to say the President's
Cup Regatta.
Parents' Weekend is Friday,
April 24 to Sunday, April 26.
Many juniors ordered their class
rings and will receive them next
Saturday in the traditional ring
ceremony.
The ceremony, usually held in
the Chapel, will be held at 6:30
p.m. in the Mccann Center to
avoid the recent problem of
overcrowding.
The ring reception
will
be held at
8 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge.
Following the reception will be
a reservation only dinner-dance
open to the Marist community.
The other "big" event is the
President's C~p Regatta. Marist's
crew team will be the defending
champions. Marist won the Regat-
ta last year by scoring the most
overall points.
The Regatta is the second largest
in New York state and involves
several races with both mens' and
womens' races.
Parents' Weekend begins Friday
afternoon
with the annual
memorial service to commemorate
deceased Marist students.
Students will present their
original plays in "Festival '87: New
Short Plays by Students" in the
Theater at 8 , p.m.
A magician will perform in the
River Room at 10 p.m. on Friday.
A- reception for the play cast
open to the Marist public will be
held in the Fireside Lounge also at
10 p.m.
Laffayette College's choir and
chorale will present a concert in the
Chapel at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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River/ ront dining:
Mixing fine cuisine
with· a:scenic view
by Matt Croke
•
Poughkeepsie is the home of
!Dany fine restaurants, and several
ID
the area have scenic views of the
Hudson River Valley.-
The Brass Anchor restaurant
located at the end of River Point
Road (just across from Handy
H~ry's), has a riverfront location
with an excellent view of the Hud-
son River.
•
.
Though closed jn January,
February and March, the Brass An-·
chor does steady business seven
days a week during the remainder
of the year.
A unique
.
feature
of the
restaurant is the outdoor clam bar
and dining area, in addition to an
indoor dining room and bar.
Owners Angelo and Terri Zeno
also make public boat slips
available, allowing boating en-
thusiasts to pull-in off the Hudson
and have a meal or enjoy a dozen
clams on the half shell.
According to Bob Kennedy, the
manager of the Brass Anchor,
nearly
35 percent
of
.the
restaurant's business comes from
the river courtesy docks.
•
Head chef Lynda Zeno ,
a
graduate of the Culinary Institute
of America, prepares American
style cuisine, such as steaks and
seafood. Be prepared to spend $8
to $15 for entrees.
Also within a few minutes of the
Marist campus is the River Station
restaurant, located on Main Street
just a few blocks west of the
railroad station.
Though not directly on the Hud-
son's east bank, patrons can enjoy
a fine view of the river from both
floors, particularly from the open
air deck on the second floor.
Open year round, the River Sta-
tion is very popular with local
business people, perhaps because
of their 21 types of
·beer
on tap.
•
Owners Dennis Cooper and Cliff
Kilmire couldn't have asked for a
better location,
said Sharon
MaGee, the manager.·
Chef Keith Scheible serves
American cuisine on the regular
menu, in addition to daily ethnic
specials.
The restaurant is decorated with
photographs and wall murals of the
old Poughkeepsie waterfront,· as
well as a working railroad that
circles ~he bar and dining room on
April 16, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 5
Patrons enjoying the sunny weather on the River Station's second floor deck. (Photo
by
Matthew Croke)
the first floor.
•
Be forewarned, they don't take
reservations on the weekend, so get
there early.
Though not in the immediate
area, a unique dinner experience
can also be had at Mariner's Har-
bor restaurant, located across the
river in nearby Highland, N. Y.
Chef John Linberch has a
~
reputation for excellence in prepar-
ing seafood dishes.
During the warm weather
patrons may enjoy fine cuisine on
Mariner's floating pavilion, or dine
indoors during inclement weather.
The search is
On
for the first Miss Marist
by Lauren Lo Destro
junior from Huntington, N.Y.
"We are looking for a girl that best
exemplifies the female Marist Col-
Here she comes, but it isn't Miss Iege community," said Wynkoop,
America -
it's Miss Marist.
from Walkill,
N.Y.
She has poise, talent and per-
The contest consists of three por-
so~ality, but he~ identitr will ~e- tions: a question to determine per-
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"We are lookmg for a umque and a joint talent piece with allthe
thing to do,". said D~rrick
contestants.
The contest was
~ynkoop! a s~mor, refemng
__
to designed to avoid the stereotypical
Sigma Phi Epsilon, the fratermty
beauty contest said Wynkoop
which
is
sponsoring the Miss Marist
The contest~ts can be part-ti~e
contest:
.
.
or full-time students
.from
the
The idea was a_
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ef~ort of freshman, sophomore, junior or
Wynkoop and Rich ~artmo, a senior classes. According
to
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A sketch of the new St. George's community play area.
Wynkoop, the fraternity is aiming
for a cross-section of students for
the event.
The panel of judges will be com-
prised of two male and two female
faculty members, in an attempt to
.
get a cross-section of judges as well·
:
~s contestants, said Wynkoop.
• •
The contestant who wins the ti-
•
tie of"Miss Marist"\vill'be given
a portion of the profits made from
the admissions sales and will
•
be
awarded prizes from local
·sponsors
of the program. Wynkoop said he
is designing a program whereby
local businesses will donate money
or a prize in exchange for an adver-
tisement in the program.
The fraternity brothers will be
serving as escorts the night of the
contest. "This is a way to bring the
fraternity into it," said Wynkoop.
He will be the Master
of
Ceremonies, or, as· he called
himself, "the Burt Parks of the
contest."
.
The contest will be Wynkoop's
last event before he graduates and
he said he wants to "go out with
a bang," but would also like to see
the contest become an annual event
starting in September, giving Miss
Marist a year-long reign.
•
"It's something different," said
Joe Cruz, a senior from Milford,
Conn., and a Sigma Phi Epsilon
brother.
Martino got the idea from
another college that had a similar
event, and plans on holding other
unique events, like a Marist College
O.lympics,
some time in
the
future .
"If
it touches other people as
well
as
myself; it is beneficial," said
Wynkoop.
"It
gives the fraternity
the coverage it needs in the Marist
College community.''
There will be a
$1
admission.
Marist volunteers pitch in
to bring
playground
to
kids
by Ken Radigan
Spider webs, a castle maze and
even a space orbiter with booster
rockets.
No, it's not a scene from a new
science fiction movie; it's the plans
for a playground to be built entirely
by volunteers.
Campus Ministry is pooling its
efforts with the Poughkeepsie com-
munity to build a dreamland for
the·
St.
George's
School
community.
"This is an opportunity for
Marist
to get involved with the
community," said Ginny Kenny, a
sophomore from Brooklyn, NY.
"It's not administrative, it's labor,
it's the kids." Kenny is currently
the secretary of Campus Ministry.
St. George's School has a strong
relationship with the college so thev
knew they could count on Marist
to help, said Arlene Chiaramonte,
the general coordinator of the
project.
"Several years ago when St.
George's had a disastrous fire,
Marist opened its doors to us,"
said Chiaramonte. "The students
finished up the school year by tak-
ing their classes at
Marist."
"Marist
prides itself on a
heritage of community service,"
said Tim Biskupiak, vice president
of Campus Ministry and a junior
from
Wethersfield,
Conn.
Biskupiak said he felt this was a
perfect opportunity for the Marist
community to put its beliefs into
action.
The playground is the brainchild
of designer Robert Leathers and
the students of St.
•
George's.
Leathers met with students and
asked them what they wanted. He
then created the playground plans
using
their
ideas,
said
Chiaramonte.
"Right
now, we're making con-
tacts," said Chiaramonte. "We
have really
·good
help already sign•
ed up, electrical, plumbing and
building contractors who are tak-
ing the day off to help out."
Campus Ministry is looking for
volunteers who are willing to help
with the project, which will begin
on April 23 and continue thru April
26.
Food, tools and building sup-
plies will be provided, according to
Chiaramonte.
"We just need
bodies, skilled and unskilled. There
will be plenty for everyone to do,"
said Chiaramonte.
Freshman confident he c.an lead new CSL
by Kristine Manning
He may be a freshman and he
niay have been the only candidate
for student body president, but Jeff
Ferony says he is the best person
for the job.
Ferony, a business major from
Marlborough, Conn., and current
president of the freshman class,
was named student government
president last week.
While most freshmen might be a
bit intimidated to become student
body president, Ferony seems to
have total confidence.
"At first I felt it was a bit
premature, but after thinking it
over I decided that when it comes
to being a sophomore, junior or
senior president, I see no dif-
ference," said Ferony.
As freshman class president,
Ferony is experienced in making
budgets and organizing activities,
and he says he understands the
basics of student government and
how it works.
Some of the events he has
organized as freshman president
are the Christmas tree lighting
ceremony and a "50/50" raffle. He
also helped in the Freshman For-
mal, and last weekend he ran an
Easter egg Hunt for underprivileg-
ed kids.
Ferony said that student apathy
is his major concern. "As president
I will strive for increased participa-
tion in the school's clubs and ac-
tivities. From what I can see, it can
be improved," he said.
As far as specific plans are con-
cerned, Ferony has many ideas but
says nothing is definite yet.
"Although my plans are still
premature, my goal is to strengthen
relations between student govern-
ment and administration, which in
turn strengthens the relationship
between the students and ad-
ministration - where everyone will
benefit."
According to Ferony, being a
young officer could be an advan-
tage.
"If
I plan to keep running for
the next two years I could establish
a concrete foundation "
Althousth some might think
Ferony's lack of competition in-
stigated him to run, he says that is
false. "I ran because it's a job that
I'm capable of doing, not because
I'm unopposed."
In other uncontested races,
Freshman Royal Ricci became
commuter union president, junior
Cathy Cuccia became student
academic committee president and
sophomore Jack Lake was named
resident student council president.
Junior Frank Doldo defeated
junior Katherine Parry and became
college union board president.












__ oginion
Who pays the price?
In the last five years, the number of adjuncts at Marist has in-
creased from 62 to 164. In the same amount of time, the number
of full time faculty has grown from 76 to 130.
There is a growing concern that the heavy reliance upon ad-
juncts -
who, in comparison to full-time faculty are paid less
and have fewer benefits - could mean a lower quality of educa-
tion for students. And there should be.
Adjuncts, when used conservatively, can be a rewarding ex-
perience for all involved. Current field experience inside the
classroom is stimulating teaching material. But the line has to be
drawn when other important things are sacrificed.
"Part-time" means exactly what it says. There will be adjuncts
that will do more than they are paid to - there is always an ex-
ception - but the bottom line is that the energy, dedication and
commitment is less than "full-time." And the student loses
something.
When two students register for a class taught by an adjunct,
their combined tuition virtually pays for the adjunct's ·salary. So
the college is ahead right there.
If
the use of adjuncts is a pragmatic decision stemming from
financial necessity, than somewhere, in the midst of all the bills,
the purpose of education has been shoved aside.
But reducing the number of adjunct f acuity alone, is not the
answer. Instead, shouldn't the goal be to work toward realizing
the full potential of an adjunct staff?
The essence of the university system is a dialogue between men-
tor and protege, and clearly, the main strength of Marist will
always lay in the calibre of its professors. The unmitigated use
of adjunct faculty is a step in the wrong direction for the college.
Page 6 - THE CIRCLE - April 16, 1987
If
teachers have been reduced to clock-punching proctors, it
is time to remind the college that they are in the learning business.
Mud does not River Day-make
by Julia E.
Murray
letters
We have passed another 1and-
mark in the school year, one not
mentioned in the academic calen-
dar, the events calendar or by any
tour guide who wishes to keep his
or her job.
Lowell Thomas
' It's a sure-fire crowd pleaser
(well, it pleases the portion of the
crowd
not in
uniform) and a
guaranteed big draw (though not
all
those who were drawn to it got
in). Yes folks, in case you hadn't
heard, which I.doubt, last Friday
was the umpteenth annual River
Day.
To the Editor:
The students at Marist College
seem to have a chip on their
shoulders in reference to the Lowell
Thomas Communications Center.
I am a resident of the Hudson
Valley and have no association with
Marist College. Occassionally I
have the opportunity to view The
Circle. To date I have only read
criticism and complaints about the
new center.
I think it is time for the students
to remove the negative attitude they
have and open their eyes to what
is available to them. The building
when taken advantage of represents
facilities for communications that
no other school in the area can
offer.
. I. understand that they are disap-
pointed in the length of time it took
to build it, but planning·and im-
plementing take time, not to men-
tion unforeseen problems.
For those of you who will not
. use the building, I'm sorry. For
those that do, your open minds and
patience will pay off in the future ..
The building is nearly complete
and in operation. Swallow your
past disappointment and USE IT.
If not, you'll be the one who is
missing out.
Joanne Russell
Staatsburg,
NY
Mayfest
If my knowledge of history is
correct (there's always a first time),
River Day began in the 60's, and
it was a very wild day indeed. It
gave new meaning to the word
."bacchanal."
As people who
remember the 60's through more
than an infantile haze seldom cease
to remind us, the present genera-
tion of college students is far too
conservative to attempt such feats.
We, the Yuppies of the future,
have much more serious matters on
our minds, such as the latest way
to cook with tofu. Beer fights just
aren't on the agenda.
Because of these vicious myths,
and they are myths, I don't.even
like tofu. I have no respect for a
food that
looks
like mozzarella
cheese and
tastes
like old typing
paper. We students feel compelled
every year at about this time to pro-
ve that we can live up to the legacy
left to us by the Marist students of
the 60's.
To the Editor:
.
I'm really mad, and it's not
about the food in the cafe, or the
hot water running out halfway
through my shower. (I've survived
three years of both). It. is about two
recent decisions made on our
behalf by the administration of our
school.
I don't know about you, but
when I learned that Alan Arkin was
going to speak here, I didn't exactly
jump for joy. In fact, I had trou-
ble remembering who Alan Arkin
was. I knew he was an actor, or was
it a director, well, I had heard of
him before,
so
I
guess
that qualifies
him to speak.
I had also heard rumors that the
SMITHEREENS were going to
TH€
CIRCLE:
play here at Mayfest. Wow! Marist
finally was going to sign a group
with national recognition to play at
one of our functions.
The whole school would of been
there; students from Vassar and
New Paltz probably, would have
come. I say would have, because
they weren't signed, so none of
them will come, and Mayfest will
go down in the annals of mediocre
events we've grown accustomed to.
When I found out why they
weren't signed is when I blew up.
It seems the band wanted too much
money to play.
How much is too much?
$5,000.
But it gets worse folks. Guess how
Continued on page 12
This year we were hardly treated
to an example of the ideal River
Day. Granted, the police usually
play a part in thirigs, and there was
beer there, which is the prime
prerequisite, but things were a lot
quieter this year than River Days
of the past.
For one thing, the major sport
this year was mud fights, rather
than beer fights. Mud fights are aJI
well and good if you're 6-years-old,
Editor:
Julie Sveda
Arts & Entertainment
Editor:
Associate Editors:
Bill DeGennaro
News Editor:
Mike Grayeb
Viewpoint Editor:
Sports Editor:
Paul Kelly
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Editor:
·but come on people, let's be adult
about this. If you want to ruin so-
meone's clothes, pour half of the
six-pack you just spent $3.50 on
over the person's head. We're not
children anymore, you know.
the other
m_utray
Another difference this year was
the absence of screaming seniors
running tntough the freshman
dorms at 4 a.m. I ask you, how are
the underclassmen supposed to
know that it's River Day unless
their doors get kicked in, waking
them from a sound sleep? All right,
things sometimes get a wee bit
bruised, but no one gets hurt, ex-
cept the baseball bats. The only
time anyone was in danger of get-
ting liurt was two years ago in
Champagnat, when someone pull-
ed the fire alarm in an effort to
clear the building of seniors. (I say
"someone"
because I don't
remember if it was Housing or
Security).
I may have been only a lowly
sophomore, and a half-asleep one
at that, but even I knew it wasn't
too swift an idea to send a bunch
of unarmed, sleepy sophomores in-
to a hallway filled with drunken,
none-too-happy seniors carrying
baseball bats. There are just some
things you have an instinct about ..
Thinking
of
River
Day
sophomore year brings up another
thing which was missing from this
River Day - damages. Outside of
a few blades of grass out of place
(okay, there are a lot out of place
- J,y about three feet), there was
really nothing in the way of
damages this year. Unfortunately
for the seniors, who
will
be the ones
paying, plant life is sacred around
here.
Anyone who was here two years
ago remembers the infamous pine
tree which fell victim to the ram-
paging seniors that year, or so the
official story goes. The class of '85
almost lost Senior Week because
they knocked over that tree, despite
the fact that the tree had to come
down anyway.
There was this little problem
with it blocking the entrance of fire
trucks, which appeared theri; as
now, with monotonous regularity.
Actually, it wouldn't have been a
problem at all if the tree wasn't
standing in the middle.of the main
road on campus. But I digress .
There is one thing about this
River Day which runs tme to form
- _the threat of canceling Senior
Week. Every year this threat is
made, and every year the ad-
ministration thinks better of it (by •
the time you read this, they may
,already have). This time, 'though,
I think they're going to follow
through.
•
You see, this River Day must be
used as an example to future
seniors. This River Day was safe,
particularJy since the students
weren't driven off campus like last
year.
(It
was such a .thoughtful
gesture for Poughkeepsie to let a
few hundred drunk drivers on the
road, rather than keep them on
campus and impose a few fines.)
This year, there were very few
damages, outside of a little less
grass (and considering the Lowell
Thomas Communications Center's
front "lawn," who's going to
notice that?) The seniors stayed out
of the freshman dorms, and almost
all of the people at River Day were
21. (Even though many who were
not tried to get in. Everybody loves
to crash a good party.)
You see the problem. In one
short afternoon, we proved that
everything the administration said
was wrong with River Day could be
rectified. Not only did
we
say they
were wrong about us, but we pro-
ved it.
That
can never be forgiven.
The defense rests.
Gina Disanza
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April 16, 1987 - THE CIRCLE - Page 7
How
red tape
kills clubs
by Angela Cipriano
It's that time of year when
students are adding up their priori-
ty points. Roommates are averag-
ing their points in hopes of having
enough in order to live
somewhere
on campus.
And judging by the crowds at the
Office of College Activities, mariy
students have had complaints
about the amount of priority points
that they have received.
Students are now discovering
that attendance at club meetings is
required in order to earn points,
and that being a member of a club
which exists in ."name only" does
not count.
_
Marist students are frequently
accused of being apathetic. They
rarely put in an appearance at any
of the functions that take place on
campus. And. those students who
do attend are what you would call
"the regulars." They are the same
10 people who show up at all of the
events.
This lack of enthusiasm which is
exhibited by the Marist students is
rather discouraging to the clubs on
campus. These clubs - especially
The 'Real World' revisited.
• •
• •
•
where the Marines went wrong
by Carl MacGowa~
Watching the news lately, I've
been shocked to hear that our
beloved United States Marines have
besmirched the uniform by trading
state secrets to the KGB in
Moscow, in return for which they
received - well, how do I put this
delicately? -
sexual favors from
the locals.
This really disillusioned me,
great believer that I am in the
military tradition. Marines were
not supposed to be suckers for the
wiles of womanhood. No sir; they
were stone-tough, grit-toothed and
trained to defend themselves to the
death against such things.
I wanted to get a better
understanding of how such a thing
could possibly have occurred. So,
while waiting for my car's cardiac
condition to be diagnosed, I called
an old high school buddy who us-
ed to be a marine.
Chester would know a thing or
two about the conditions Moscow
marines live through, since he serv-
ed a few years ago as an embassy
guard in the capital city of one of
America's staunchest foes -
Japan.
"Let me tell ya, two months in
that ditch wasn't worth all the car-
nal repression and denial," he told
me. "They slap a uniform on ya,
cut all your hair, give ya swords
and machine guns and the whole
bit. But it don't change ya inside.
I'm walking around all day feeling
like I'm in a straight jacket, trying
to get out."
"Then Heisaku came along.
Man, what a piece of work. She
was a cook downstairs - saw her
everyday at the mess. She looks up
from her work and sees me, and
that was it."
"So we're goin' out. Everything
was great. I wanted to give her a
present for Valentine's Day, so I
got her a box of chocolates. She
says she can't have 'em - her face
-breaks out. I get her flowers and
she sneezes."
"I
take her out to dinner and she
refuses to eat; she says she's trying
to lose weight. I gave her a card
and she rips it up. I try to explain
to her about Valentine's Day. She
shakes her head. So I ask her what
it is she really wants. She looks at
me and says one word:
'Microchips'."
From there, Chester told me, his
life was turned topsy-turvy as he
sneaked Heisaku into the embassy
in the dead hours of the night,
allowing her to poke around for
whatever she wanted to find. When
she came up with a new blueprint
for CPU designs or a list of secret
computer codes, the sex was great.
If she found nothing, she shunned
him until their next en-counter.
"She took over, and I didn't
care." Chester told me. "It was
funny hearing my college friends
talk about spring break. I had to
laugh. They had nothing compared
to what I had. I had Heisaku -
even if she was a spy, a double
agent and a crook."
"No one ever got on James
Bond's back for screwing around
with the KGB."
"After all, what does it really
matter who's on top and who gel's
what? In international relations,
the way I see it, secrets are
harmless.
They
don't
kill
anybody."
"I was there to protect people's
lives. No one died 'cause of me.
Maybe some Japanese companies
got a leg up on IBM and Apple. Big
deal."
"If the balance of trade shifts to
Japan, or the KGB has more
American secrets than we've got
Soviet secrets. They'll use spies as
the scapegoats - make a big stink
about it. But if I was stealing
Japanese trade secrets and giving
them to the State Department, I'd
be a big hero back home."
"Hey, look, I got what l wanted
over there. They told me I could
join the Marines, see the world,
and have fun and adventure."
"Well, I sure as hell wasn't get-
tin' it standing around in front of
an embassy all day looking tough.
But after I met Heisaku, I knew
what they meant when they say:
'The Marines are looking for a few
good men'."
"They aren't the only ones."
Carl MacGowan, a reporter for
Taconic Newspapers,
is
a 1986
Marist graduate and former colum-
nist for The Circle.
the smaller ones - are reluctant to .,_ ____________
-------------------------------------------
schedule an event because they
know that there won't be a large
turnout.
However, student apathy is on-
ly part of the problem that the
clubs are faced with. The other half
of the problem is the red-tape that
the club officers must go through
in order io have an event. These
events require a lot more work than
people l"ealize; .. · .
- '. . . , :
0
For example, if a club wishes to
sponsor a lecture, the officers have
to pick a date, request the ap-
propriate room and get a speaker.
This is easier said than done
because the speaker is rarely
available on the day that the room
is free.
• • But there is more to this process.
The officers have _to get the con-
tracts signed by all four parties and
request payment for the speaker.
They also have to arrange for any
visual aids or equipment that the
speaker
may
need,
order
refreshments from Seilers and
publicize the event (hoping that no
one will tear down the posters
before they get noticed).
There is still more to be done
even after the event has occurred.
Evaluation forms have to be com-
• pleted and payment has to be sent
out to the speaker.
The sad side to all of this is that
all of this effort is only for about
an hour's worth of entertainment.
I
think that it is this long, com-
plicated process that discourages
students from running for an of-
ficer's position. Many students
don't have the time to deal with the
bureaucratic run-around.
. An extra-curricular
activity
should not be a career.
Also, this entire routine can be
quite overwhelming to an incoming
officer who wasn't informed of
his/her duties by the previous
officers.
I realize that there has to be some
type of control and organization
over conducting such activities. But
I think that the students would be
more willing to get involved if this
process wasn't so complicated and
time-consuming.
People are always ready to blame
the students for being apathetic and
lazy. But maybe it's time to stop
asking who is at fault, and just
have students and administration
work together on this problem.
Angela Cipriano, a junior,
is
via
president of the Marist Social
Work Association.
Have bike,
will travel
by Keli A. D~ugherty
College students who don't have
cars have a problem. They often
can't get off campus
unless
they are
willing to walk, take the bus, have
a friend who has a car drive them
or have a bicycle.
I'm one of those people who
rarely takes the bus. Mostly
because I don't have a bus
schedule, but also because I hate
riding the bus by myself. My only
ready alternative to taking the bus
to Hyde Park is my bicycle.
I know it's three miles up there,
but on a good day it takes only me
20 minutes (including that huge
hill). Actually, I enjoy it. How
many of you who drive by know
that there is a little waterfall just
past the rest stop where the hot dog
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Last Sunday I rode down Route
9 to Dunkin'
Donuts.
My -
housemates were surprised. It took
me a little less than an hour -
round trip. I was hot, tired and
sweaty, but I did it.
I have discovered that more peo-
ple wave at you and smile if you are
on a bike than if you are in a car.
Some people are nice to people
riding bikes. -
Take that turn onto Washington
Street from Route 9, for example.
Even if you're in a car it's not an
easy turn to make because of the
number of cars going north. But if.
you're on a bike, it's even harder.
More often than not I'll be in front
of the
line
to turn and the driver of
the first car at the stop light on the
other side will let me go.
I have come to depend on my
bike as much as some people de-
pend on their cars. I really miss it
when it needs to be repaired and it's
just sitting there in the hallway do-
ing nothing.
I _met some people who are sur-
prised that I ride my bike so many
places. Usually those are the peo-
ple who have cars. It's been· my
primary form of transportation
(other than my feet) for so long
that
I've
gotten used to it.
Even when I go home I would
rather ride than drive. I've come to
Continued on page 12
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April 16, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 9
out
and·
about
Fun with grapes
by Gina Disanza
"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine
and thou." Sounds cool, huh?
Well, okay, so you've got tlie
loaf of bread (French, not sliced,
of course) and the "thou," but
now, what about the wine?
You have two options. Either
you can be really mundane and go
to the liquor store for a bottle, or
you can·go right to the source. The
Hudson Valley is famous for its
wineries and most are within a half
hour of the Marist campus. The
wineries also offer an interesting .
and fun alternative to the usual
routine at Marist College.
One of the great features of the
area wineries is that since most of
them are small,
family-run
businesses, ·the owners are willing
to personally explain the winemak- •
ing process and help you choose
wine suited to your taste.
First, there is Cascade Mountain
Vineyards in Amenia. My sources
tell me this winery is a great place
to hang out on a lazy Sunday.
Cascade Mountain offers free tours
and wine tasting, as well as a
gourmet picnic lunch for only $5.
The winery boasts one of the 1984
N. Y. State Fair award-winning
wines and is open seven days a
week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For
inore information, you
can
call
373~9021.
--The· Benmarl Wine Company
(2364265), considered the oldest
vineyard in America, is open
weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m
and weekends from noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is $S, which includes a
tour and admission to an art gallery
featuring the paintings of winery
owner Mark Miller. Miller's works
have appeared in several magazines
around the world including
Cosmopolitan and The Saturday
Evening Post. - Benmarl also
features a bistro with a light lunch
menu. The winery overlooks the
Hudson River and has a beautiful
view from the "other side."
And while you're in Marlboro,
don't miss the Cagnasso winery on
Route 9W. It was a blast talking to
Mrs. Cagnasso on the telephone.
While we were conversing, she was
talking to five or six other people
(excusing herself each time, of
course). Then, she explained to me ·
that Cagnasso does not offer tours,
but visitors can speak.to either her
or her husband, Joe Cagnasso, a
professional winemalcer from Elba,
Italy.
Cagnasso winery is open every
day but Wednesday between April
1 to Dec. 31. During the week, the
winery is open from noon to 4:30
p.m. and on weekends, from 10:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Cagnassos
have owned their winery since 1977
and if you'd like to give them a call,
they can be reached-at 236-4630.
And
if
you really don't care how
wine is made and you'd much
rather just test some different
types, try the Windsor Vineyards
which is also in Marlboro. Wind-
sor (263-4233) is a branch of
California's Sonoma Vineyards
and offers complimentary wine
tasting. There are no vineyards
there, so obviously, there's no
winemaking either.
So, with apologies to Omar
Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald,
there you have it. You've got the
bread, the wine and the special per-
son -
now, j\lSt sit back and en-
joy the warm sun and beautiful
scenery that the Hudson Valley and
its award-winning wineries have to
offer.
Marist band 'looks'
for
shot at
success after demo tape
by Diane L. Rossini
While some students were tann-
ing or skiing over Spring Break,
four Marist students were working
: on a demo tape at a recording
studio owned by Gary Tallent, the
bass player in Bruce Springteen's E
Street Band. ·
•
The four students comprise the
band Second Look and one of the
members, senior John · Macom
from from Point Pleasant, N.J.,
has invested heavily into the
recording.
All of the songs recorded by the
. band are original compositions
written mostly by Macom. The
other Marist students in Second
Look are senior Matt Browne,
freshman Bobby Higgins and
junior Chris Campo. The band's
other members include keyboard
players • Eric Hemion and . Joe -
O'Donnell,_ and drummer Brian
Linton.
"Anyone can do a recording, but
you need the money and have to be
practiced because it takes six hours
to do one song," said Macom.
The band taped _six songs over
Spring Break, using a total of 24
hours of recording time at $50 an
hour. Macom explained the final
mix will be done over Easter break.
deadline.
Macom said the members of Se•
cond Look are optimistic about
achieving success.
• •
· "The original material we have
now is good enough
fo
make it in
the top 40," said Macom.
Second Look also did a video,
which Macom said will help when
sending out demos to recording
companies. He explained that the
tape will enable the companies to
hear them and as well as to see
them.
The band, originally called Rat-
tan, started in a garage at the Jersey
Shore in the summer of '83 .
Most of Second Look's members
are scattered around the country
and Macom said he will search out
other players to assist the group.
Macom said he tries to make sure
these musicians will be able to add
creativity and innovations when
playing.
"We are sort of like a Steely
Dan; not a set group but a lot of
guest players," said Macom.
Second Look will be playing at
Marist's Mayfest and Macom said
they hope to play at Skinner's in
late April.
•
Macom is a communication arts
major and plans to make a career
in music. He said he began writing
songs mainly because he did not
like what he heard on the radio,
and he has high hopes for the
future.
"My aµibition and optimism will
get me exactly where I want to go
Second Look performing at the Energizer Rock 'n' Roll
Challenge held in February.
Second Look recently won the
Marist College Battle of the Bands
competition, which was sponsored
by Energizer. The band attempted
to enter a video to The Energizer
Rock'n'Roll Challenge regional
competition, but did not make the - see you on MTV," said Macom.
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--·-·River
Day
-and
other pleasures.
by Jeff Nicosia
•
Well, here I am again with another 500-or-so words of enlightenment
(my mother is so proud!). This was one hell of a week, so ~f the top 10
is a little short, remember your last hangover and have pity.
1. River Day, April 10, 1987 -
It wasn't the best, but it happened -
and it happened on-campus. It just shows you can't keep a good th!ng
down. Congratulations to Steve Sansola, Joe Waters, et al. for makmg
the smart decision. But, next year, don't make us fight for our kegs -
it could get ugly.
2. Dutchess Bank Money Card Machine -
How did we survive without
the
alternative
top
10
it? It's always there with money when you need it (like 1 :30 a.m. on your
way to Rennie's). Now, can they keep it from breaking?
3. The New Smiths' Album
I haven't heard it; I forget the title; half
of it has already been released, but who cares? It's a new Smiths' album!
4. The Stinger, Handy Harry's, Route 9, Poughkeepsie -
Hot and spicy!
Make sure you get extra peppers and a beer. Wow!
5. The Replacements (the band in general) -
Some critics have hailed
these guys as the greatest rock'n'roll band in 20 years. Their music ap-
peals to punks, skin heads, dead heads and your father. Any band that
does wild covers of John Denver and KISS in concert is OK by me. Check
out "Tim" or "Let it Be."
6. Church Lady, Saturday Night Live, NBC-TV -
Well, isn't
that...special. She's not always on, but when she is, expect hysterics. I
wonder who could be keeping her from being on regularly ... Satan
maybe?!?
7.
Mountain Dew (the soda, dummy!) -
The drink of champions with
good honest ingredients like sugar, caffeine, and of course,-brominated
vegetable oil. Better than Jolt cola.
8. "The Mission" (the movie, not the band)-
See it on a BIG screen
-
Breathtaking.
9. Dallas Hot Weiners, North Front Street, Kingston -
If
you're ever
up in Kingston, stop in and ask for "three with everything." Onions,
hot mustard and the special hot sauce combine with a hot weiner on a
steamed bun for a taste that is indescribable.
10. Mudslides (not the ones in California) -
Mudslides have become
the rage on this campus (witness River Day). The reigning distance champ,
Chris Millard, has recently begun tutoring in this fine art. Rumors have
even surfaced that some of these dives have been preserved on video.
LAMENESS -
Where were the underclassmen at River Day? ... Girls
with ugly legs who wear shorts ... The Sidetracks "fight-o-rama" (I'll pro-
bably get beaten up for writing that) ... My apartment - smells, muddy
floors and shower, and a clogged toilet. .. Losing your pet snake (reward
- answers to the name of Hector) ... Having to say you're sorry to more
than one person .. .'Nuff said, later.
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Lacrosse drops
three as
•
injury toll rises
by Paul Kelly
It
was
a week to forget.
The Marist College lacrosse
team, decimated by injuries and
plagued by inconsistency, dropped
-
three
games last week. The slide
dropped the Red Foxes to 2-6
overall and 0-3 in Knickerbocker
Conference action.
Yesterday, host Marist was
trounced 20-3 by California's
Whittier College. Last Saturday,
the visiting Red Foxes were nipped
13-12 in a heartbreaking double
overtime game against Knicker-
bocker foe Fairleigh Dickinson.
Marist's loss skein commenced last
Thursday when
it
lost 18-15 against
conference opponent Montclair
State.
quarter of the Montclair State
game.
"If
Cannon doesn't get hurt in
the third quarter, we probably
could have won that game," said
Malet.
After Cannon's injury in the
Montclair contest, Malet was forc-
ed to insert an attackman in the
defensive zone for the remainder of
the game.
"That's • comparable to taking
Ron McCants in basketball and
asking him to play power for-
ward,"
said
Malet.
"The
(defenseman's) stick alone is two
feet bigger."
Malet said one solution exists .for
Marist's woes.
The Red Foxes will travel to
Stevens Tech tomorrow for a I
p.m. Knickerbocker contest. The
game will mark Marist's final away
contest this season.
"We just have to go out and
work bard," said Malet. "There is
nobody left on our schedule we
can't beat but that doesn't mean we
can
beat them. We've got to play
consistently."
Junior Mike Daly reaches for a ground ball while classmate Todd Jesaitis looks on. (Photo
courtesy of Marist Spores Information Department)
Last Tuesday, Whittier scored
14
times before Marist's Steve Wolfe
took a Bill Drolet pass and fired a
shot past Whittier goalie Jeff Gorn-
bar with 15 seconds remaining in
the third quarter. Marist goalie
Chris Reuss faced a barrage of
Whittier shots, stopping 32.
However, Reuss cannot stop all
of the Red Foxes problems, which
are beginning to pile into a
mountain-size heap.
•
"The problem is three-fold,"
said Marist Head Coach Mike
Malet. "One we are very young.
Two, we cannot overcome the in-
jury factor. Third, we've incredibly
upgraded our schedule."
Marist's injury list is beginning
to read longer than the New Testa-
ment, and the whims of fate are not
helping the Red Foxes.
Junior Bob Cowie, a bulwark of
Marist's defensive unit who suf-
fered an early-season knee injury,
prepared to return to game action
last Thursday against Montclair
State. As Cowie trotted around
Leonidoff Field in the team's
customary warm-up lap, he step-
ped in a hole and twisted his
previously injured knee.
Cowie will probably not return
to action this season, according to
Malet.
The Twilight Zone does not end
with Cowie. Sophomore midfielder
Tom Donnelan, a consistent scorer
this season, severely twisted his
ankle in a freak accident.
Junior Jon Cannon, who paired
with Cowie as the Red Foxes' most
consistent set of defenseman,
·tore
a hamstring during the third
Cleary: Humble
star shines·
by Stephen Garmhausen
The scoreboard shows 8:35 remaining in the third
period of the Marist. vs. Montclair State lacrosse
game. The ball is in the Marist offensive zone and
the Red Foxes are thinking score.
Attackman Pete Cleary, the red number
16
showing on his mud-streaked white Marist jersey,
glides
toward
the
goal, cradling the balfin his stick.
Suddenly met by wary Montclair defensemen, he
passes off and pulls back to survey the defense.
Sensing an opening, Cleary cuts to the net,
receives a quick pass and in an instant the ball is
behind the bewildered g~alkeeper.··
Cleary cranks his fist in exultation and exchanges
high-fives with his teammates.
It's an exciting, though hardly unusual scene for
the sophomore laxman, whose consistent offensive
output has earned him the respect and admiration
of teammates and opponents.
As a freshman last year, Cleary tallied 47 goals
.
and 45 assists, both team records, for 92 points.
Cleary's scoring exploits helped his team to a 12-2
record and a championship showdown against New
York Maritime, 'Yhere the R~ Foxes lost 12-IL
Now, with the dream season
behind,
Cleary and
his team have started slowly, currently posting a
2-6 record. He admitted last year was a tough act
to follow. .
•
"It's going to be hard to top last year," said
Cleary, who played four years at Freeport, N.Y .,
High School. "I doubt that'll ever happen again,
as far as my personal stats go." Cleary is still scor-
ing, but not at last year's record-setting pace.
One reason for Cleary's scoring reduction could
be that Marist's improved
.schedule
this season
forces Cleary to play against tougher defenses.
Teamf!)ate Mike Daly suggested that Cleary's
stellar reputation from last year may also be mak-
ing things harder on
hlm
now.
"He's got a lot of pressure on him because he
was
a leading scorer last year,'.' said Daly; ''Other
teains put their best defensive man on him."
Marist Head Coach
Mike
Malet says he's confi-
dent Cleary·wilt return to form. "I think he'll get
ba.~~ into
_the
groove he was in last year;''-said
Malet.
With the team suffering from
a
rash of injuries
and feeling the effects of losing nine players last
year to graduation, Cleary said he feels a· new sense
of responsibility.
•
"My role changed this year," Cleary said. "It's
a whole different ballgame. I take more of a
responsibility. toward playmalcing instead of
scoring."
Though an unwelcome sight to opponents on the
playing field, the 19-year-old business administra-
tion major is an unassuming presence away from
the game. He prefers to praise
bis
coach and team-
mates and disregard his personal statistics.
Teammates are quick to affmn Clcary's value
to the team as a scorer and a leader.
Todd Jesaitis,
a
junior midfielder, said, "Pete
Cleary is an asset to the team and a leading role
figure who takes charge on the attack end of the
field."
Midfielder Daly concurred. "With him, we have
the best attack in the conference," said Daly.
"Without. him, I don't know."
Malet also praised his young player. "Peter's a
good team player," said Malet. "He's a good boy.
He does what we ask and plays hard."
With the positive attitude and enthusiasm he ex-
udes, Marist lacrosse fans can look forward to two
more fine seasons of lacrosse from number
·I
6, its
talented scorer, Pete Cleary.
Crew remains
unbeaten after
Philly regatta
•
by Mkbael J. Nolan
Marist College men's and
women's crew won five of 11 races
in a four-team competition Jast
Saturday
in
Philadelphia,
·:ea.
•
Marist's winning
crews were:
the
men's varsity heavyweight four and
varsity heavyweight eight, men's
varsity· lightweight eight, men's
junior varsity heavyweight eight
and women's varsity eight.
.
The Red Foxes also had two
third-place finishers, the men's var-
sity lightweight four and the
women's novice heavyweight eight.
Villanova also posted five victories.
Drexel
won the 11th race.
Marist will host the President's
Cup regatta Saturday, April
25.
A
minimum
of.IS
teams
are
expected
to compete at the all-day meet on
the Hudson. The Red Foxes are
hoping to successfully defend their
1986
Cup victory.
Manhattan and Union College
look to be the Red Foxes toughest
competition~ according to Head
Coach Larry Davis.
Last Saturday's meet on the
Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
was an informal race to prepare for
the President's Cup and the season-
ending Dad Vails race, said Davis.
No points or times were recorded
in last Saturday's meet.
Continued on page 11
Marist baseball remains a distant. possibility
by Chris Barry
College officials are reviewing
the possibility of forming a Divi-
sion One baseball team at Marist,
according to Brian Colleary, Marist
director of athletics.
Colleary submitted a baseball
proposal to Vice President for Stu-
dent Affairs Gerard
.
Cox -
at
Cox's request - but has not receiv-
ed word on the progress of the pro-
posal. Due to illness, Cox could not
be reached for comment.
Colleary estimated a team may
be started within the next five
years.
"You can't decide in June to
stan a team in September," said
Colleary. "There has to be some
long-range planning."
While many Marist students
believe a baseball team would be
widely supported at Marist, Col-
leary said he has seen little student
interest. "There have been three or
four isolated cases of student in-
terest," he said.
One student who expr~ed in-
terest is Brian Gallagher,· a senior
from Massapequa, N. Y ., who was
an All-Nassau County pitcher in
1983.
A Marist baseball team
was
the
subject of Gallagher's Fall, 1986
"Marketing Research" class pro-
ject. Upon the project's comple-
tion, Gallagher decided to explore
the possibility of forming a
baseball club.
Gallagher said he phoned the
athletic directors of Vassar, SUNY-
New Paltz and SUNY-Maritime for
information about the origination
of their baseball teams.
Gallagher then asked Coileary
about the possibility of starting a
baseball team at Marist.
Colleary said he wan'ted to start
the program on the Division One
level to eliminate the difficult move
from club to intercollegiate status,
Gallagher said. Division One
status
would also enable the team to hire
a full-time coach.
•
"He said he didn't want to start
off at the bottom of the totem pole
because he wanted a· good pro-
gram," Gallagher said.
Colleary explained his prospec-
tive plans. "You have to decide,
OK, we're going to be competitive
in a few years," Colleary said.
"We'd operate a year without
games to get experience."
The team would scrimmage club
and Division Three teams its first
year to allow current students play-
ing time and also to give coaches
a chance to recruit, said Colleary.
Colleary said certain considera-
tions must be settled before a team
can be started.
The most obvious one is money.
Colleary estimated the team would
need an operating budget of about
$35,000.
That estimate does not in-
clude scholarships.
Also, the length of the spring
semester limits the time available
for a season. "Seasons are very
short in the East," Colleary said.
Accorditlg to an assistant athletic
director at nearby Pace University,
Eastern teams can manage to have
an adequate season.
The official said Pace plays 20
games in the fall semester, then
restarts practice in the
gym
in
January. Pace's spring season lasts
from March 6 .to May 7, he' said.
The official estimated Pace plays
about 60 games in the spring, in-
cluding playoffs.
Another consideration Colleary
cited was a facility.
Gallagher said Vassar Athletic
Director Dick Becker agreed to rent
Vassar's baseball diamond to
Marist, while Marist awaited the
completion of a field.
A field is no longer a concern.
Now the question is which field will
be used - the Gartland Commons
field or the intramural field near
the McCann Center.
Colleary also indicated an the
process of infield excavation is
costly.

















thursday
morning_
quarterback
Amid the
rubble
by
Paul
KeUy
•
Last Thursday, four people were
pulled from the rubble.
According to the Marist College
track and cross country guide
which was printed last October, the
combined Marist men's track and
cross country program contained
29 members. Last Thursday, April
9, four members of the team quit.
Hung up their spikes.
.
The final four members.
That quartet was retrieved from
the rubble -
the debris of a
crumbling program. No one has all
the answers to the demise of the
once-proud running tradition at
Marist, but as in all cases, history
may assist in any explanation.
•
During the 1970s, the squad,
coached by Rich Stevens, ranked
among the top teams in the state
and was led by All-State per-
formers Jerry Scholder and Ron
Gadzilia.
•
The team also hosted the Marist
Invitational every fall, an annual
college and high school cross coun-
try meet.
The team was elevated to Divi-
sion One status in 1978. Bob
Mayerhofer and Jim Klein guided
the team during the early 80s. Their
teams were competitive
and
populated.
In Aug. 1983, after Mayerhofer
and Klein resigned because of other
committments, Steve Lurie was
hired to guide the program, which
does not give scholarships.
Lurie became a full-time coach
in 1985 and aspirations for the
Marist program soared.
Initially, Marist did have wings
on its heels.
,
Pete_ Pazik, -who graduated last
May, ran a time of 14:35 for 5,000
meters last winter,
a time
establishing him among the top
Eastern collegians in 1986.
Things looked good. Now there
is no Marist Invitational. No team
members.
Just rubble.
What happened'? Ask any"
one of
the 29 retrieved people and they
will give you myriad answers.
However, one fact remains ob-
vious. A significant number of
those who left the team still would
like to compete, but not in a Marist
uniform: At least not currently.
A group of 10 former team
members gathered at Mccann last
Monday to re-enact a old Marist
team ritual. The small group stret-
ched and ran. Playful banter inten-
•
wined with concentration.
.
Running the way it should be.
Fun. A non-scholarship prggram
containing serious athletes who
possess one common bond - they
want to succeed while having fun;
However, many of these team
members did not have fun while
members of the Marist program. l
should know.
I was a member of the Marist
program
from Lurie's
first
coaching day until Sept. 9, 1986,
when I quit. I quit because runn-
ing wasn't fun anymore.
During my days on the team, I
had expletives shouted at me. I was
told I was a failure.
Unfortunately, at least 28 others
share my experience.
The track and cross country pro-
gram at Marist College is buried
under rubble. The team should be
declared
a
disaster area.
•
But, as in all disasters, the rub-
ble can be cleared. New founda-
tions can be constructed.
However, conviction is deep-
rooted. Even among
J
8, 19, 20 and
21-year-olds. Ask any of the
former team members and the fact
manifests itself. They do not want
to compete for Marist. At least not
now.
'They
would prefer to see the rub-
ble cleared.
April 16, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
Soccer finds new life indoors
by
Annie Breslin
Though Marist's official 1986
soccer season ended Nov. 9, the
team's members have managed to
keep themselves busy.
•
On Nov. 9, Adelphi University
handed the Red Foxes a disapoin-
ting
5-2.
loss, the 13th of an
uneventful 18-game season. But
since then the squad has been do-
ing something rather unusual -
winning~)
At the conclusion of the fall
•
season, Head Coach Dr. Howard
Goldman and his team abandoned
Leonidoff Field and headed for the
McCann Recreation Center.
Within McCann a metamor-
phisis occurred.
.
Out of the rubble of a
disheartened squad, a new team
emerged - eons away from Divi-
sion One pressure and nourished by
confidence-building
indoor success.
On a minature 50 x 30 Tartan
field, the Marist soccer squad con-
tinues to improve, busying itself
with learning soccer fundamentals
through Goldman's off-season
training program.
This program has brought the
Red Foxes through four indoor
tournaments and one outdoor tour-
nament -
all of which they've
won;
Last Saturday, the Marist soccer
team traveled to Purchase, N.Y.,
to challenge six squads in the
Manhattanville 7-a-side Outdoor
Tournament.
The squad
left Manhattanville with its fifth
first-place trophy and a van-load of
confidence.
In the winter and spring seasons,
teams consist of five to six players,
contrasting the traditional 11-man
squad, and each game is approx-
imately one-third the length of a
regular season matchup. Also, the
size of the field v11ries,
but is con-
sistently smaller than the regulation
outdoor soccer field.
These factors had positive and
negative effects on the Red Foxes'
performances, but the benefits
outweigh the disadvantages, accor-
ding to Goldman.
"We can concentrate and be
more intense for 20 or 30 minutes,"
said Goldman. "They're learning
to stay together in terms of a
team."
In Saturday's
tournament,
Marist compiled 29 goals while
outscoring such teams as Nyack
College
(6-0),
Drew University
(7-1), and host Manhattanville
(4-1).
Sophomore Mark Edwards - a
consistent scorer throughout the in-
door season-
was Marist's high
scorer as he netted nine goals.
Sophomore Tom Haggerty added
five more, and sophomore Charles
Ross and freshman Joe Purschke
each contributed three in the win-
ning effort.
Goldman described the victory
as a total team effort, noting that
12 field players and two goal
keepers traveled to the tournament,
all of whom saw playing time, and
nine of whom scored.
Also productive on Saturday
were freshmen Andy Scarano and
Greg Healy, and juniors Gerry Sen-
tochnik and Kevin Segrue. Each
tallied two goals for Marist.
Depth is definitely a factor in the
recent success of the team, accor-
ding to Goldman. In a recent in-
door tournament, Marist entered
two teams, which played each other
in the finals.
Another factor Goldman men-
tioned is the level of off-season
competition. "We're not playing
St. Mary's
School for the
Helpless," he said, "but the teams
are not as strong as the teams in the
fall."
Softball draws more than hardball addicts
by Rick Hankey
With the advent of spring, the shrill crack of
a wooden bat or the "ping" of an aluminum
bat striking a ball at the Mccann Center fields
or the· fields behind Gartland Commons echo
throughout the Marist campus. However, the
majority of those bats are not striking baseballs.
Most are hitting softballs.
Marist students apparently have found a solu-
tion to the lack of a baseball program at Marist.
Intramural softball.
Aside from befog a cure for baseball fever the
players have different reasons for rolling around
in the mud, some more obvious than others.
"I
just love the sport," said Harold Brenner,
a resident of Port Jervis, N. Y., and the captain
of the coed team that calls itself "Suds."
Brenner said he also enjoys parti~ipating in
' ... we get all
types.'
"Softball is probably our most popular spring
intramural sport," said Bob Lynch, director of
Marist's intramural sports program.
•-----------------
Lynch, who has been overseeing all in-
the program because of the break it gives him
tramurals for the past two years, credited stu-
from academics.
dent enthusiasm for the growth of the program.
"It's good just to get your mind off school,"
"After about a week and a half of rain we Brenner said.
opened our season late on April
7 ,"
Lynch said.
Another player described how his team takes
"The fields were still soggy and they came back a more serious approach to the softball
kind of muddy but that showed that people real- program.
•
ly want to play."
"I like the idea of being in competition with
other people," said Brian Keough, captain of
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Continued from pa~e 10
Despite the informality of the
meet, Marist took full advantage of
the calm waters, minimal breeze
and bright sun as four of its five
victories were achieved handily.
However, the w9men's varsity
eight won by just three seconds.
A
mechanical
difficulty
prevented the Red Foxes from
snaring another first-place finish.
A seat in the women's varsity
heavyweight four shell jammed,
leaving the crew with three rowers
for most of the race. The boat
finished fifth ..
"We
rowed
up
to
our
capabilities, and· we showed we
could be competitive for future
races," said Davis .
the "Get That Cat" team and a resident of
Mahwah, N.J.
Just as reasons for participating in the pro-
gram vary, so do the people who play.
According to Lynch, the intramural softball
program is simply not a haven for would-be
Marist baseball players.
"I
see a variety of students come out for the
program," said Lynch. "There are a lot of our
athletes who play but we get all types."
Lynch also indicated the number of women
participating in the program has grown in the
last few years.
"This year we had one team that was all
female," Lynch said.
Lynch said he hopes to eventually create a
women-only league.
He also expressed hopes that the intramural
program could act as a stepping stone for an
intercollegiate women's softball team and even
a men's baseball team.
"That's how most collegiate sports started
and if we can show the interest we have in in-
tramura\s maybe it will happen," said Lynch.
Davis said he is pleased with his
team's performance at the season's
mid-point. "We've showed a
strong competitiveness against all
the teams we were up against," said
Davis. "We're setting precedents
or coming up to new standards
with our rowing.
Sophomore attackman Chris Boerke looks upfield. (Photo courtesy of Marist Sports Infor•
mation Department)
•
_
.
"Every year we've
.
improved,
and we're now competing with
strong programs," said Davis.
However, Davis conceded the
team has not reached its apex this
season. "The crews need to in-
crease two to four strokes per
minute," said Davis.
Despite the team's strong
finishes, he indicated the men's
varsity lightweight four and the
women's novice eight must im-
prove oar speed to be competitive.
Preparation is underway for up-
coming meets. "We're trying to get
the team to
peak
at the right time,"
Davis said. "It's a matter of tim-
ing and the team responding to
what has to be done."
Junior Jill Anderson said: "This
past meet showed
us
we could com-
pete
with
bigger programs.
Philadelphia was our last little test
to show how we could do before we
hit the President's Cup."
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Letters--
continued from page
6
much they paid the Alan· Arkin?
$4,000 .•.
What were you, the admi.nistra-
tion, thinking about when • you
made these decisions?
The only thing I can think of is
who would be better at polite din-
ner conversation, or whose picture
would look nicer in Dennis Mur-
ray's scrapbook.
.
Because you certainly weren't
thinking of us, the students.
In addition, I'd like to pose a
question to the administration. on
a related topic. In my three years
here at Marist there has never been
a concert at the Mccann Center.
Here we have a ·facility with a
seating capacity greater than • the
Mid-Hudson Civic Center and it
sits dormant for most of the year.
Do you have a contract not to
hold them? If yes, do you think
that decision is one made in the best
interest of the college, both finan-
cially and socially? .
James Magura,
Junior Class
ROTC
To the Editor:
Begin your future this summer a
step ahead of the rest. The gather-
ing place for college students from
around the nation is in Fort Knox,
Ky.
The Army will provide the
transportation and pay you $670
for your stay, but most important-
ly, they will challenge your leader-
ship ability.
Being a leader encompasses a
wide variety of aspects. To begin
with you need the basics from the
bottom up.
The ROTC Basic Camp is not
your typical "hard core" basic
training, but instead will not only
test your physical and mental abili-
ty, but will also provide you with
numerous leadership challenges.
Like any other college class,
ROTC Basic Camp will test your
mind as well as your body. If you
aren't tested you will never know
how successful you can be.
You'll not only get into shape,
but you'll also learn how to
. navigate through the wilderness
with a map and compass, perform
tactical maneuvers, rappel, assem-
ble and disassemble your weapon,
and be -involved in live fire
exercises.
You'll gain self-resp_ect, con-
fidence, pride as well as friends,
but most importantly you'll learn
. how good of a leader you really
are.·
If you don't want to use the
training and discipline for the pur-
pose of military duty, then utilize
your experience in the civilian
market. Afterall, there is no obliga-
tion on your part when it's over.
Iri fact, you may withdraw from
training at any time. However, over
90 percent of the participants meet
the challenge.
I challenge you.
Bike
Kevin J. Kaley
Senior
Continued from page 7 •
know every pothole between my
house and the public library. There
are some drawbacks;
I almost lost
a copy of
"War
and
Peace" down
the
sewer while
I was on
my way
to return it.
It had come loose from
my carrier rack.
.
I
don't have a fancy bike either.
It's just a three-speed that looks
like a
I
0-speed because it
once was.
I
bought the IO-speed
at a garage
sale for
$5
and replaced half of the
parts.
Now don't
misunderstand me:
I
do like
my
bike
and
it does
provide
transportation that
I
wouldn't
otherwise have, but if
I
could af-
ford a car,
I
would have one.
I'll admit that
I
can't put bumper
stickers on it, or little yellow signs
with
cute
sayings.
But if I could,
I
would
put on
a sticker that said,
"Don't Laugh -
It's Paid
For."
Keli Dougherty
is
a junior ma-
joring in
Englisb.
MARIST COLLEGE THEATRE
presents
FESTIVAL '87
featuring
Chop Suey
by John Roche
directed by Jim Bier
Late Endings
by B'rian O'Conner
directed by Rick Frederick
Dinner For Three
by Chris Lawless
directed by Paul Eidle •
Upstage
by Shelley Sousa
directed by Kevin Mac Lellan
Katy's Bag
by Kieran Murphy
directed by Chris Lawless
Romeo and .Julio
by John Roche
directed by Robert Hatem
Second Sight
by Mike Larkin
directed by Mark O'Neill
•
In
A Lonely Place
by Mike Larkin
directed by Chris Meyer
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June 23rd, 24th, ·25th
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